There are quite a few very good single binding players on the grid.sidewall wrote:@Realplayer1 Do you know how to double-bind? If not you wont survive long.
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I know, but it's better to know how to double-bind because it's handy.Jip wrote:There are quite a few very good single binding players on the grid.sidewall wrote:@Realplayer1 Do you know how to double-bind? If not you wont survive long.
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Just enjoy the game my friend. Enjoy the game, watch others, and anticipate their actions.
Most of all though, just enjoy
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Enjoy and survivePuppetman wrote:Just enjoy the game my friend. Enjoy the game, watch others, and anticipate their actions.
Most of all though, just enjoy
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I don't agree to that, I am only single binding and for me there is no reason to complain about a lack of handiness. Whatever the case, I think every player has his own opinion on the positive and negative side of single or double binding so you can't really say which type is better.sidewall wrote:I know, but it's better to know how to double-bind because it's handy.Jip wrote:There are quite a few very good single binding players on the grid.sidewall wrote:@Realplayer1 Do you know how to double-bind? If not you wont survive long.
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DDMJ wrote:I think that more players today need to learn to single bind more often. I find that single binding is easier to manage (except in tight situations) because there are only two buttons so it's harder to mess up.
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And in tight situations it is handy to know how to double-bind.THEred wrote:DDMJ wrote:I think that more players today need to learn to single bind more often. I find that single binding is easier to manage (except in tight situations) because there are only two buttons so it's harder to mess up.
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You don't get the big advantage of single binding then. You learn to avoid these situations in the first place.
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Just what I was thinking about. With single binding you have to plan your moves much further ahead. Generally I only use double binding in an emergency. Or to switch hands when one gets tired, need to scratch my nose, want to take a drink, etc.Word wrote:You don't get the big advantage of single binding then. You learn to avoid these situations in the first place.
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Ok, but I used single-binding before and for me it went much better when I used double-binding. But that's my opinion, if Realplayer1 likes to single-bind more then double-bind I will not try to say that double-binding is better.Tank Program wrote:Just what I was thinking about. With single binding you have to plan your moves much further ahead. Generally I only use double binding in an emergency. Or to switch hands when one gets tired, need to scratch my nose, want to take a drink, etc.Word wrote:You don't get the big advantage of single binding then. You learn to avoid these situations in the first place.
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That's about right for me too. I SB about 90% of the time.Tank Program wrote:Generally I only use double binding in an emergency. Or to switch hands when one gets tired, need to scratch my nose, want to take a drink, etc.
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I only doublebind when I want to mock doublebinders.
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It can be that way around too. I think you have to be a bit twitchier for that to be the case though - so that it becomes in effect a reflex. I remember when double-binding was new, and it certainly was an advantage then. (God I'm feeling old saying that. -_-) Just, because of that twitchiness factor, I think that you can't be as relaxed while playing. My favourite times playing these days are when I'm leaning back, half asleep almost, just enjoying a relaxing cruise on the grid. I'll switch to double binding... actually, I can't think of what makes me switch back and forth. I suppose I just feel like it sometimes.sidewall wrote:Ok, but I used single-binding before and for me it went much better when I used double-binding.
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I just think double-binding is better for me. I also think that it's handier then single-binding, but that's my opinion and I'm not saying you are playing worse with single-binding then with double binding, it's just handier for me to use double-binding.
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Take every "double-binding" and replace it with "single-binding", and every "single-binding" with "double-binding" and you get my point of view. Hurrah for sensible conversation on the subject.sidewall wrote:I just think double-binding is better for me. I also think that it's handier then single-binding, but that's my opinion and I'm not saying you are playing worse with single-binding then with double binding, it's just handier for me to use double-binding.